Kimmi,

I'm very glad to know that you are with an organization with brains! and appreciate the very difficult job you do. Sadly, the Fulton Co. Sheriff's Dept has been a scandal for years. The previous sheriff was replaced by the governor last year for numerous things, prisoners walking out of jail, losing millions of $ in a "risky" investment scheme,etc. Don't know if you saw current sheriff on TV, very defensive, saying he'd only been in office 2 months, was concentrating on jail problems. But, he came from the GBI so , in my opinion, should have had a "Big Picture" outlook. I fear he's not qualified but hope this never happens again. He's appointing a task force. That's the thing that's so frustrating; it was preventable!

I'm just a civilian and my last experience down there was last fall one day for jury duty. If I recall correctly, all the deputies had guns in the courthouse and yes, I would say

the attitude was a bit casual. Those I was involved with were fairly young and nice to the jury pool; now I wonder if they had any "street experience."

This guy did not just have escape on his mind, obviously, as after he overpowered deputy and took her gun, he crossed a bridge from 1 bldg. to the other, to kill judge and court reporter!

Liz,
I appreciate your input to all this; the job you do is a dfficult one. Shackles sound good to me! Living with the situation was not that traumatic personally; I did go out Fri. afternoon and noticed traffic was not quite normal. However, where the federal ICE agent was killed was about 2.5 miles from where we live. I, perhaps foolishly, thought the guy would have been trying to leave town.

Thanks for letting me vent and I hope no one goes through this kind of debacle anytime soon!